Shaving appliance.



PATENTED MAR. 17, 1908.

E. D. GHAPLIN.

SH AVING APPLIANCE.

APPLIOATION'FILED FEB. 2, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

} EDWIN 1). CHAPLIN, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO WILLARD E. ROBINSON,

\ OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHAVING APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'lhreh 17, 1908.

Application filed February 2, 1907 Serial No. 365,878.

Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaving Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for'its chief object to provide a shaving appliance in which are included a brush, and a holder fora soap-stick, the said parts being so related that the brush and soap-stick may be applied to the face simultaneously and means for adjusting the stick to compensate for wear.

The invention consists in improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.-

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,-Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of a shavi g appliance embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of one of the parts detached. Fig. 4 represents a sectional view showing the brush cover.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures,

I n the drawings, arepresents a hollow handle which is of sufficient size to receive the whole or a part of a stick I) of shaving soap, and is open at one end to permit the stick to project, as shown in Fig. l. The opposite end of the handle is closed by an end piece or head a, which is )referably detachably sole by a screw-thread connection.

1: represents a brush which is secured to the handle and projects from the open end thereof, the brush being contiguous to theprojecting end of'the soap-stick so that both the brush and stick may be applied to the The handle ais preferably cylindrical and the brush 0 is preferably annular and formed to surround the open end of the handle. 1 have here shown the brush detachably secured to the handle by-means of an external screw-thread (l on the handle and an internal screw-thread e on the brush.

f represents a screw-threiuled rod which isjournaled in the head rt o the handle and projects into the interior of the latter, the

tion 2 said rod having an operating handlef at its outer end, the Said handle being preferably a disk with a milled edge.

9 represents anut or follower which is en'- gaged with the screw-threaded rod ia nd'is 1 adapted to bear on the inner end of t e soapstick I). The said nut is preferably provided with pins or projections 9 adapted topenetrate the soap-stick.

In preparing the described ap hence for use, the soap-stick is forced intot e handle,

the rod f penetrating the stick. The diameter of the handle a'is such. that the soapstick fits the interior of the handle somewhat closely so that the stick will not rotate with the rod f. It will be seen therefore that, when the rod is rotated, the nut g, which is also prevented from rotatin is moved longitudinally of the rod and adjusts the sea stick. The preferred adjustment of t e soap-stick is substantially as indicated in Fig. 1, the outer end of the brush projecting somewhat beyondthe outer end of the stick.

It will be seen that the brush and soapstick ma be applied simultaneously to the face at t 1e commencement of the operation of lathering, and that, after a sufficient quantity of soaphas been applied, thebrush may be used independently:

In Fig. 4, I show a brush cover composed of an inner section i which ,is adapted to slide on the handle, and'an outer section i adapted for detachable engagement with the secby means of screw-threads on said sections. When the brush is in use, the section '1' is removed and the inner section '1', is moved upwardly on the handle, as indicated by dotted lines.

What I claim is 1. A shaving appliance comprising a hollow handle open at one end to receive a stick of soap, a screw journaled in the closed end of said handle and projecting into the interior thereof, said screw being adapted to enter the soap stick, means for rotating the screw, a flat disk working on said screw and having one face provided with means to engage the end of said soap stick to prevent relative rotation thereof, whereby rotation of the screw will cause said disk to feed the soap stick forward, and a brush contiguous to the open end of said handle.

2. A shaving appliance comprising a, 1101- l vent relative rotation thereof, and a brush.

low handle open at one end to receive astick contiguous to the open end of said handle. 10

of soap, a screw journaled in the closed end In testimony whereof I have affixed my of said handle and promoting into the inte signature, 1n presence of two wltnesses.

E rior thereof, an operating handle on said EDVIN D. CHAPLIN.

screw, a disk Working on said screw and hav- 5 W'itnesses: ing its underface provided with pins adapted 1 O. F. BROWN,

to engage the end of said soap stick to pre- I FRED FARROW. 

